Intro Flashcards
Define agriculture
Science art and business of cultivating soil producing crops and raising livestock
Define agribusiness
Off farm agricultural business (farm stands, milk trucks)
Most common animals in ag
- chicken
- Cattle
- Sheep
- swine
Difference between dairy and beef cattle
How they are housed
Where in the world spends the least amount of money per household on food
US (12% household income on food)
Why grow food for animals, and then eat them?
60% world land is unsuitable for growing crops, wouldn’t provide enough food
Animals can eat/digest food that grows on this land
Certain proteins humans need in animals
Define zoonosis
A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals
Largest producer and exporter of ag products
US
Animal uses besides food
Clothing (wool hair or hide) Power or transportation Mature (fertilizer, fuel) Tallow fat and grease (cosmetics, pharmaceuticals) Research on
What % of US population nowadays is involved in farming
2%
Nowadays there are fewer farms but they are ____
Bigger
